Cigarette case or similar article



@ct. E5, 1935, J. E. PETERSON 2,917,445

CIGARETTE CASE OR SIMILAR ARTICLE Filed March 27, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet lm, 15, W35, J. E. PETERSON CIGARETTE CASE OR SIMILAR AR'IEICLE 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 27, 1955 Patented Oct. 15, 1935 PATENT OFFICECIGARETTE CASE R SIMILAR ARTICLE John E. Peterson, Milford, Conn.,assignor to The Waterbury Lock & Specialty Company, Milford,

Conn., a. corporation Application March 27, 1935, Serial No. 13,203

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in cigarette cases or similararticles such, for instance, as vanity cases.

I'he object of this invention is to construct the case so that the sidesmay be finished to contrast with the edges, and so as to produce a veryattractive case.

The invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a face view of a cigarette or other case constructed inaccordance with my invention, on a small scale;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a case with the cover in open position;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the back or case-memher, detached;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the plates, detached; and

Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same.

In carrying out my invention, the case comprises a back I0 and a coverll. These members are practically duplicates of each other, and compriseframes l2 and I3 struck up from sheet-metal or cast, and respectivelyformed with inwardly-turned flanges l4 and I5.

The back is formed with a series of knuckles l6, and the cover withcorresponding knuckles ll, alternately arranged, and through which apintle l8 extends so as to hinge the two members together. The outeredges of the knuckles 16 are formed with notches i9, and the outer edgesof the knuckles I! are formed with corresponding notches 20.

The back-frame is provided with a latch 2| adapted to be operated by afinger-piece 22 against the action of a spring 23, to engage with thecorresponding edge of the front or cover H.

To complete the back, I employ a plate 24,

adapted to fit inside the frame I2 and provided at its edges with lugs25 to engage with the flange I4, and at the opposite edges provided withfingers 26, adapted to enter the notches IS in the knuckles of the back.

The outer face of the plate is covered with a sheet 21 of leather,fabric, cellulose compound, or any other suitable material, and fittingin the frame I3 is a similar plate 28 formed with fingers 29 adapted toengage with the notches I9 in the 5 knuckles ll.

For a cigarette case, a holder 30 will be mounted on the pintle H with aspring 3| tending to force the holder against the contents of the case.

By forming the plates separately from the 10 frames, the surfaces may becovered or coated with any suitable material before assembly with theframe, and so that plates having surfaces contrasting with the surfacesof the frames may be provided, thus producing a very attractive and 15novel form of case.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that my invention mayassume varied physical forms without departing from my inventive conceptand I, therefore, do not limit my invention 20 to the specificembodiments herein chosen for illustration.

I claim:

1. A case of the class described, comprising a back and a cover, eachcomprising a frame formed 25 with an inwardly-extending flange and withknuckles, one of the knuckles of each frame formed with a notch in itsouter edge, a pintle extending through said knuckles, whereby the framesare hinged together, plates formed with 30 lugs adapted to engage withthe said flanges and with a finger adapted to engage with acorresponding notch, and an ornamental surface applied to the outerfaces of the plates.

2. A case of the class described, comprisng a 35 back and a cover, eachcomprising a frame formed with an inwardly-extending fiange and withalternately-arranged knuckles, said knuckles formed in their outer edgeswith notches, a pintle extending through said knuckles, whereby theframes are hinged together, plates formed with lugs adapted to engagewith the said flanges and with fingers adapted to engage with thenotches in said knuckles, and an ornamental surface ap- 45 plied to theouter faces of the plates.

JOHN E. PETERSON.

